Suspender-buckle



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SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,722, dated February 17', 1891.

Application filed August 16, 1890. erial No. 362,236. (No model.)

To all whom, itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, JUsTUS A.l1-1AUT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles for suspenders and to that class of said buckles having cast-offs, the object being to provide a buckle of that class which shall be simple in construction, cheaply manufactured, and have effective locking devices.

The improved buckle herein described and claimed is also shown and described and generically claimed in my concurrent application, Serial No. 362,935, filed August 16, 1890.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this spcificatiomFigure 1 is a front view of a buckle embodying my improvements and havinga lock-plate arranged to be shiftable on the lever-plate by a pivotal connection. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, show ing the lever-plate unlocked by the swinging of the lock-plate. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the buckle, showing the lever-plate swung open. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the buckle as shown in Fig. 4.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

My improved buckle consists, substantially, of a slide or web-case fitted to inclose and slide upon the web (not herein shown) of the suspender, a lever-plate L, pivotally secured in said case and provided with suitable teeth, as 7, for engaging said web, and a shiftable strap-supporting 1ock-plate D, furnished with means-ms, for instance, the hook 10 -for carrying the strap, and with looking devices, substantially as described, for engaging the corresponding parts of the web-case C for locking closed the said lever-plate.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, the webcase has formed therein notches 3 and for engaging the correspondingnotches at and 6 ot the lover-plate, thereby forming a wellknown form of interlocking plate, forming, in effect, a pivoted jointing together of the plates.

On the frame or case 0, and at the sides of the lever-plate I, and at some distance from the above-described pivot, suitable catches, as 54: and 56, are provided for the purpose of engaging the shit'table lock carried on the leverplate. This lock consists of the lock-plate I), which is pivoted at 70 to the lever-plate, and has oppositely-extending arms or catches 51' and 53, that are shiftable, as will be understood bycomparison of Figs. 1, 3, and 4%, so as to serveas locks for engaging under the web-case catches 51 and 56, respectively, by a swinging motion. The member D is furnished with some suitable means for carrying the suspender-strapsas, for instance, the hook 10 and the detent-spring 12 for supporting the strap-carrying ring. On swinging the plate D, as indicated in Fig. 3, one of the catches 51 and 53 is moved down, while the opposite one is moved up, both being shifted to a position clear of the catches 51 and 56, respectively.

As a means for pivotally uniting the lockplate D to the lever-plate L, I have shown an ordinary eyelet at 70, which eyelet passes through the plates and may be fixed therein by swaging in a well-known manner.

For making the suspender-end detachable, the cast-off ring 60 is carried by the hook 10 below the end or stop of the arm 12 of the lever-plate Ii. When the lock-plate D is swung on its pivot, as in Fig. 3, to its unlocked position, the said hook 10 passes lateral] y a sufficient distance, (the several parts being suitably proportioned therefor,) so that the space at a, Fig. 3, between said hook and stop is greater than the thickness of said ring 60.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a buckle, the combination, with the web case having the oppositely-disposed catches, and with the swinging lever-plate, ot a pivotally-shiftable strap-carrying lock-plate carried on the lever-plate and having catches arranged to engage the web-case catches on turning the lock-plate in one direction and to disengage the same on turning said plate in the other direction.

2. In a buckle, the combination, with the Ice Web-case and with the lever-plate having the projecting arm, of the shifting lever-locking plate having a strap-carrying hook standing contiguous to said arm when the lever-plate is looked and passing clear thereof when the leported in the web-case, and the strap-carrying lever-looking plate pivotally supported on the lever-plate and having the oppositely-disposed arms 51' 53 constructed to pass into engagement With said catches when shifting ver-plate is unlocked, whereby the cast-off the lock-plate into its central position after when on the hook is locked and unloclzed on the locking and unlocking of the lever-plate.

3. In a buckle, the combination, With the Web -case having the oppositelydisposed catches 5t 50, of the lever-plate pivotally supthe lever is closed.

JUSTUS A. TRAUT. Witnesses:

F. H. RICHARDS, HENRY L. RECKARD. 

